WHO: Fashion Week NOLA and W New Orleans This event is free and open to the public. WHAT: “Strut & Swim W Happenings” – a series of poolside fashion presentations featuring local fashion designers and boutiques, hair and make-up artists showing off their latest collections, trends, accessories and styles in summer fashions. The fashion series [...]

Each year, dogs bite 4.7 million people in this country, and children are the most common victims. National Dog Bite Prevention Week occurs between May 13-19, and Central Bark Doggy Day Care will be doing its part to educate and promote safety among children throughout our community. WHAT: Central Bark Doggy Day Care will visit [...]

Rooftop Pool Opening to Public on Sundays this Summer WHO: W New Orleans-This event is free and open to the public. WHAT: “Adult Swim” includes free access to the rooftop pool at W New Orleans featuring a DJ, drink specials sponsored by Ketel One vodka, small bites menu, cabana packages with bottle service and more. [...]

Expansion To Three-Day Event Follows Successful Conventions In 2011 And January 2012 Following hugely successful shows in its first two trips to the “Big Easy,” Wizard World New Orleans Comic Con will return to the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in an expanded, three-day format, November 30 – December 2, 2012, Wizard World announced today. [...]

Local celebrities “build” burgers and host Bash to benefit the Miracle League of Greater New Orleans.   Phil’s Grill celebrates National Burger Month in May with Burgerpalooza benefiting the Miracle League of Greater New Orleans. New Orleans Saint Joe Horn, Lauren Thom of Fleurty Girl, The 610 Stompers and other local celebrities create their own [...]

On the heels of a record-breaking run of Disney’s Tony-winning blockbuster The Lion King in New Orleans, ACE Theatrical Group is touting the Big Easy as a top stage production location in the entertainment’s premier magazine, Variety. “New Orleans embraces the performing arts. You can see it at every stage performance or walking down the [...]

Saturday, April 14, 11am-6pm House of Blues, 225 Decatur Street If you’re planning to head out to French Quarter Fest this weekend, we hope you’ll stop by House of Blues while you’re out and about and join us for our first ever Voodoo Garden Art Market! It takes place this Saturday, April 14th from 11am [...]

This April brings an armada of tall ships to the port of New Orleans, but that’s not all it brings. Each April the city of New Orleans is over taken by hundreds of pirates gathering in the French Quarter. This year is especially unique as NOLA Navy Week kicks into full festive fun just as [...]

Visitors spent a record-breaking $5.47 billion; tourism industry aims to reach 13 million visitors by 2018 New Orleans’ tourism industry welcomed 8.75 million visitors in 2011, an increase of 5.6%, or 462,263 from the number of visitors in 2010 (8.3 million). Those 8.75 million visitors spent $5.47 billion, a $180 million increase over 2010 and [...]

Pelican Publishing Company is proud to announce the release of The Story Behind the Stone by Robert Jeanfreau. This pictorial guide covers more than forty New Orleans monuments. From the statue of Joan of Arc that stands in the French Quarter to the bronze bust of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the corner of [...]